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Monday, September 28, 2009

Researchers Identify Gene Variant Linked to Glaucoma

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An international team, led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the National Eye Institute, ha...
Saturday, September 26, 2009

Vice Admiral Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr.

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Vice Admiral Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. had a distinguished naval career as a surface warfare officer and manager. All leaders, civilian and m...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style

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Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style With Every Heartbeat Is Life Good food is one of life’s great joys. And good meals are a s...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Racial disparities in diabetes prevalence linked to living conditions

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The higher incidence of diabetes among African Americans when compared to whites may have more to do with living conditions than genetics, a...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

Young Black Women Prone to Gain More Unhealthy Abdominal Fat than Hispanics, Study Shows

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Black women ages 20 to 29 have increased amounts of unhealthy abdominal and visceral fat than Hispanic women the same...
Saturday, September 19, 2009

New Obesity Data Shows Blacks Have the Highest Rates of Obesity

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Blacks had 51 percent higher prevalence of obesity, and Hispanics had 21 percent higher obesity prevalence compared with whites, according t...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

JEC Chair Maloney Statement on African American Unemployment

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Washington, D.C. - Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly jobs report for August. Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney,...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Black patients have lower rate of survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest

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Compared with white patients, black patients who have an in-hospital cardiac arrest are significantly less likely to survive to hospital dis...
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Socio-cultural, genetic data work together to reveal health disparities

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When it comes to health disparities between different groups, how society sees people in terms of race might play a grea...
Friday, September 11, 2009

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980)

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James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980). Owens attended The Ohio State University only after employmen...
Tuesday, September 8, 2009

High school put-downs make it hard for students to learn, study says

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URBANA – High-school put-downs are such a staple of teen culture that many educators don't take them seriously. However, a University of...
Sunday, September 6, 2009

Office of Naval Research's Rear Admiral addresses diversity with HBCU presidents

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ARLINGTON, Va. - Saying America's future depended on its ability to compete in the global marketplace, the U.S. Navy's Chief of Nava...
Friday, September 4, 2009

Pancreatic cancer affects blacks at higher rates

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PHILADELPHIA – Regardless of risk factors linked to pancreatic cancer, such as smoking and body mass index (BMI), blacks experienced higher ...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Patient-doctor communication is worse for blacks than for whites, study finds VIDEO

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CHAPEL HILL – Black patients with high blood pressure experience poorer communication with their doctors than white patients do, a study led...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Racial disparity studied in patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatitis B

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HBV recurrence higher in Caucasians compared to Asian- and African-Americans -- further study needed According to the Centers for Disease Co...
Saturday, August 29, 2009

The Civil Rights March on Washington 08/28/1963

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Birmingham was a real victory, but a costly one. The long-term solution could not be for African Americans to defeat segregation one city at...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

Fisk/Vanderbilt program receives $3.7 million to increase minority Ph.D.s in the physical sciences

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A unique collaboration between Fisk and Vanderbilt universities that is poised to become the nation's top source of Ph.D.s in physics an...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Minorities have poorer results, higher rates of inappropriate surgery to prevent stroke

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DALLAS – Aug. 25, 2009 – Minorities have poorer results and higher rates of unnecessary surgery from a common procedure used to remove plaqu...
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